A Natural History of Shells (Princeton Science Library): 15 - Softcover

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Vermeij, Geerat J.

 
9780691001678: A Natural History of Shells (Princeton Science Library): 15
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691001677 ISBN 13: 9780691001678
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Geerat Vermeij wrote this "celebration of shells" to share his enthusiasm for those supremely elegant creations and what they can teach us about nature. Most popular books on shells emphasize the identification of species, but Vermeij uses shells as a way to explore major ideas in biology. How are shells built? How do they work? How did they evolve? The author lucidly and charmingly demonstrates how shells give us insights into the lives of animals in our own day as well as in the distant geological past.

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About the Author

Geerat J. Vermeij is Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of The Evolutionary World: How Adaptation Explains Everything from Seashells to Civilization; Privileged Hands: A Scientific Life; Nature: An Economic History (Princeton); and Evolution and Escalation: An Ecological History of Life (Princeton).

From the Back Cover

Geerat Vermeij wrote this 'celebration of shells' to share his enthusiasm for those supremely elegant creations and what they can teach us about nature. Most popular books on shells emphasize the identification of species, but Vermeij uses shells as a way to explore major ideas in biology. How are shells built? How do they work? How did they evolve? The author lucidly and charmingly demonstrates how shells give us insights into the lives of animals in our own day as well as in the distant geological past.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691001677
ISBN 13 
9780691001678
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232

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